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Monthly Archives: January 2010
An nginx/PHP gotcha
If you are allowing larger-than-default files to be uploaded to an nginx server with PHP FCGI, you need to alter both the php.ini and the nginx.conf. In particular, for nginx.conf, you need to use the client_max_body_size directive to set the … Continue reading
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Staggering news
I’ve changed my main programming font from Bitstream Vera Sans Mono to Inconsolata. The latter is slightly neater and more compact than the former, but I will always retain fond memories of Vera.
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The happy homestead
For so long as I can remember, Darwin has been a cosmopolitan small city. Of Australia’s capital cities it has the highest fraction of people born overseas. In particular there are large contingents of Darwinites from south east asia. I … Continue reading
Clearing the Debts
My calculations say that between expected expenses, required savings and HECS debt payments, I need about 90 weeks to “clear the deck” and get into positive net worth territory. At which point I need to salary sacrifice like a madman, … Continue reading
Posted in Money, Thought Bubbles
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Google develops moral minerals
Google’s announced that they were the subject of a precise and sophisticated attack, apparently aimed at getting access to the GMail accounts of pro-democracy critics of the Chinese Communist regime, both living in China and abroad.
Google don’t think that the accounts were compromised but can’t be sure.
In response Google have said that they are considering [...] Continue reading
Two things I like about my resume
You can see a link to it on the left side (if you’re reading this on my blog, rather than Facebook). The first thing I like is the style. I take no credit for this: it’s a template that comes … Continue reading
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DadHacker should be a book, frankly
A great blog. I’ve been re-reading it from beginning to end. This sentence seemed particularly appropriate, given the current sturm und drang about “NoSQL” databases: Databases make lousy file systems. File systems make lousy databases. There is a circle in … Continue reading
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Automated backups for Ozblogistan
It’s a cliche amongst nerds that everyone preaches automated backups, and very few have it. Partly because it’s surprisingly fiddly to set up “right”. And even fiddlier to do restoration testing. Still, one thing at a time. I’ve just now … Continue reading
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Too many books
It turns out that I have so many books stuffed away in my Amazon cart’s “Saved Items” section that I’ve exceeded the maximum limit. In case you’re wondering, Amazon won’t let you store more than 600 titles in that list. … Continue reading
Posted in Books
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